Ailing Southwest Atlanta Hospital reopens, but just barely

For the second time in three years, Soutwest Atlanta Hospital has opened with new owners. After two bankruptcies and several lawsuits, the hospital is again trying to win the faith of a community that has largely abandoned it. Many people in the community say the area needs a hospital, and they want to preserve the facilty's historic role. But years and competition and neglect drove people away from Southwest.

Without its acquisition by Highmark Inc., West Penn Allegheny Health System would have been forced to shutter West Penn Hospital by this fall, the chairman of the health system's board of directors said...

Aspen Valley Hospital will give its employees an average pay increase of 2.4% this month, while the Vail Valley Medical Center laid off 22 people less than two weeks ago. The difference in fortunes between...

The five acute care hospitals in Monroe County, NY performed charity care and absorbed bad debt at a rate that ranges from approximately 3.6% to 6.5% of their total expenses, according to new data required...